Thus The New York Times today. “The dangers of nuclear power are real, but policy makers should not be spooked into shutting down a vital source of clean energy in a warming world,” explains the newspaper. Well put. This is what James Lovelock, among few others, has been arguing for quite some time, but the message appears to have finally hit home. The only question is how violent is the warming world likely to become in not so distant future. For nuclear power plants would be prized targets of military action. And the probability of global warming ending up in global war is perforce rather high. Which is why I would beg to differ. The argument holds only under the assumption that global warming will be a peaceful process. Fat chance, though.